Med 1 Block 8

By AshleyBellamy
  • 400

    Hospital In Latin Christendom

    The first hospital in Latin Christendom was founded by Fabiola at Rome
  • 500

    Rhazes

    Persian Doctor who discovered the difference measles and small pox.
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • 547

    Beginning of Monastic Medicine

    Benedict of Nursia founder of "monastic medicine"
  • Sep 12, 1020

    1st eye surgery

    Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili performed the first successful eye surgery
  • Doctor healing a sick person.
    Sep 8, 1299

    Doctor healing a sick person.

  • Doctor trying treat a patient with religion and prayer
    Sep 8, 1299

    Doctor trying treat a patient with religion and prayer

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 8, 1347

    Black Death Outbreak

    Black death, or Bubonic Plague. In 1347, an outbreak of bubonic plague broke out in Istanbul in what is modern day turkey

  • Microscope

    Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope
  • An example of what a medical student would study.

    An example of what a medical student would study.

  • Men performing a surgery.

    Men performing a surgery.

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Stethoscope

    René Laënnec invents the stethoscope

  • Anthrax

    First vaccine for anthrax

  • Rabies

    First vaccine for rabies

  • Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccines

    Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines.

  • X Rays discovery

    German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X rays.
  • Men watching a surgery.

    Men watching a surgery.

  • Surgeons performing

    Surgeons performing

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Insulin

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

  • Pacemaker

    Paul Zoll develops the first cardiac pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat.

  • Polio

    Jonas Salk develops the first polio.

  • Cloning

    Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell (dies in 2003).

  • Embryonic Stem Cells

    Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
  • A CT Brain Scanner

    A CT Brain Scanner

  • An example of how antibiotics and medicines are easier to come by now.

    An example of how antibiotics and medicines are easier to come by now.